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November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 In Depth

Can business software empower rather than control workers?

Acclaim Autism is a US organisation that has increased employee task discretion, with an increase in insurance approvals by using AI – but worker autonomy is declining across the UK Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 Blog Post

Digitate on AI Workflows: The next frontier in enterprise automation

How intelligent orchestration platforms are reshaping enterprise operations - and redefining the employee experience. Author: Efrain Ruh, regional CTO, Digitate... Workflow platforms have long ... Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 Blog Post

Self-service tools - Sonatype: The unseen risks lurking inside the platform

Mitun Zavery, regional vice president at Sonatype says that there are "unseen risks" lurking inside self-service developer platforms. Zavery suggests that self-service platforms are now standard ... Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 News

CCRC refers case based on third faulty Post Office system

The latest Post Office prosecution to be sent to the Court of Appeal involves a third IT system in a 2001 case, after previous referrals for people convicted due to flaws in Horizon and Capture software Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 News

Budget 2025: Extra NHS IT cash welcome, but plan lacks clarity

Industry and healthcare leaders are concerned that NHS tech funding is too focused on already approved platforms, fails to tackle core issues and lacks a clear delivery plan Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 News

UK government commits to Loan Charge settlement reforms in wake of independent review into policy

The UK government has agreed to follow through on recommendations made by an independent review of how to resolve the Loan Charge that could wipe thousands of pounds off tax bills for those affected Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 News

Asia-Pacific 5G subscriptions set to reach 4.6 billion by 2030

APAC becomes centre of the technological race for 5G supremacy, with leaders going beyond the deployment of ‘standard’ networks to the development of a wider 5G ecosystem, driving IoT/M2M Continue Reading

November 28, 2025 28Nov2025 News

Sea-Lion powering AI tools for migrant workers, local businesses

The inaugural Sea-Lion summit showcased real-world applications of Southeast Asia’s first homegrown large language model, which now supports multimodal inputs and can run on a standard laptop Continue Reading

November 27, 2025 27Nov2025 News

Databricks predicts AI tipping point as ANZ firms fix data issues

As AI projects move from the realm of technologists to the business environment, major organisations including Telstra and Fonterra share how they are tackling legacy data issues to prepare for agentic AI Continue Reading

November 27, 2025 27Nov2025 News

Google Cloud launches ‘PanyaThAI’ to spur AI adoption in Thailand

The cloud supplier is offering training and its AI technology stack to unlock an estimated 730bn baht in economic value for Thai businesses such as Thai Wacoal and SE-Education Continue Reading

November 27, 2025 27Nov2025 News

UK partnership extends fibre optic tech for more reliable radio comms

Knowledge transfer partnership aims to make ‘radio-over-fibre’ technology available to new sectors, developing ways to amplify and extend radio signals through fibre optics for fewer delays and stronger signals Continue Reading

November 27, 2025 27Nov2025 News

RailTel modernises long-distance, metro optical networks across India

Strategic partnership allows tech provider to modernise Indian railway communications, using right-of-way assets to deliver cost efficiencies, vendor diversification and long-term investment protection Continue Reading

November 27, 2025 27Nov2025 News

SAP selects Tata Consultancy Services to transform its IT operations

Software firm agrees five-year IT transformation project with Indian outsourcing giant, taking relationship up to 20 years Continue Reading

November 27, 2025 27Nov2025 News

Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 revs up testing with augmented reality

Formula 1 team switches from paper guides to incorporate AR designs into its workflow and see quickly how parts form car assemblies resulting in gains in team’s operations that add up to improved performance on the racetrack Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

Organisations facing sustainability challenge amid AI ambitions

Cisco and NTT Data executives warn that while business leaders drive AI adoption, both legacy infrastructure and rising energy costs are creating a sustainability bottleneck that requires urgent attention Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 Blog Post

Giving ourselves the chance to lead the AI race, and stay ethical too

This is a guest blog post by Denas Grybauskas, Chief Governance and Strategy Officer at Oxylabs. Within the UK and Europe more broadly, many companies developing AI are having to balance an ... Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

Proximus Global, Starlink expand European direct-to-cell satellite connectivity

Collaboration enables satellite leader to expand its footprint in connecting more European operators with IPX network Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

London councils endure wave of cyber attacks, shared IT services hit

Four London councils – Kensington and Chelsea; Hackney; Westminster; and Hammersmith and Fulham – have suffered cyber attacks, disrupting services and prompting NCSC-supported investigation Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

Microsoft creates framework for secure optical network architecture

IT behemoth taps optical network provider to create ‘survivability by design’ architecture said to ensure operational continuity at all times, during both planned and unplanned outages Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

Budget 2025: £300m extra for NHS IT and a £1.8bn budget for digital ID cards

The Autumn Budget contained little by the way of new policies in digital and technology, but handed out some cash to help progress in digitising public services and to support growing tech businesses Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 Blog Post

Revolution in pet care shows tech innovation has no limits

We are a nation of dog and cat lovers. A study from PDSA, the vet charity for pets in need, has estimated that there are 11.1 million dogs in the UK and 10.5 million cats. In November 2024, ... Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

AI leads parents to change their careers advice to children

Artificial intelligence is increasingly changing the workplace, leaving children and their parents concerned about the potential future of work Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

AI, 5G bring UK sports fans closer to the action

UK technology consortium built on academia, industry and UK regions claims mobile connectivity technology will be a ‘game changer’ for stadiums integrating existing stadium infrastructure with 5G, cloud-based private telecom network Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

Chip makers warn of a looming shortage in DRAM and SSD

Hyperscalers and server manufacturers are ordering too many memory components for their AI infrastructures - more than the market can produce. As a result, prices are rocketing, and a shortage could last until 2027 Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

US breach reinforces need to plug third-party security weaknesses

Cyber breach at US financial sector tech provider highlights the risk of third-party vulnerabilities in finance ecosystems Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

Interview: Bridgette McAdoo of Genesys on steering sustainability goals to success

How resolving to ‘leave society better than you found it’ can open up solid opportunities at the intersection of science-based initiatives and business objectives Continue Reading

November 26, 2025 26Nov2025 News

AMD pushes for open ecosystem to challenge Cuda dominance

AMD’s head of AI software discusses the company’s plans to make its ROCm platform ubiquitous, and how it is leveraging open source to democratise access to AI capabilities Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Paw Patrol: How AI and IoT are driving preventative pet care

With vet bills skyrocketing, could preventative pet care using advances in AI and IoT help pet parents understand their furry friends better? Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Antwerp court adjourns high-profile drugs case amid questions over Sky ECC intercept

Defence lawyers ask court to adjourn after unexplained changes found in evidence files containing intercepted messages from Sky ECC encrypted phone network infiltrated by French and Dutch police Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Tech central to swingeing job cuts at ABN Amro

Simplification enabled by the use of the latest technologies underpins Dutch bank’s plan to cut thousands of jobs Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Big tech backers put Nordic AI bid into perspective

Nordic countries declare plan to become world leaders in artificial intelligence by joining forces Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Emirates Group partners with OpenAI to accelerate enterprise-wide AI transformation

The airline will deploy ChatGPT Enterprise and build an AI Centre of Excellence as it accelerates digital transformation across operations, customer experience and future air mobility Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Oracle deploys the Middle East’s first AI supercluster to power sovereign AI in Abu Dhabi

Oracle expands its Abu Dhabi cloud region with the Middle East’s first NVIDIA Blackwell–powered AI supercluster, accelerating sovereign AI and supporting the UAE’s ambition to build the world’s first fully AI-native government Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

EE claims 5G standalone coverage leadership

UK’s leading mobile provider reveals latest phase of its 5G standalone roll-out, confirming more than half a million customers have now been upgraded to what it markets as 5G+ at no extra cost Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

AI Singapore taps Alibaba Cloud to power Sea-Lion model

The fourth iteration of the regional LLM leverages Alibaba’s Qwen foundation model to improve multilingual accuracy and performance on consumer-grade hardware Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 E-Zine

Hacker for hire: A different approach to hiring talent

In this week’s edition of Computer Weekly, we take a closer look at the knotty tale of MI5’s numerous attempts to identify a BBC journalist’s sources by obtaining phone data, and whether this led to further surveillance of its targets. Elsewhere in ... Continue Reading

November 25, 2025 25Nov2025 News

Interview: IBM on breaking hyperscaler lock-in

Big Blue’s general manager for Asia-Pacific Hans Dekkers talks up why APAC enterprises are rethinking their reliance on public cloud, the resurgence of the mainframe via LinuxOne, and how it used its own AI tools to cut internal costs Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Monday.com touts AI as cure for productivity slump

The workflow management supplier showed off new AI capabilities to tackle burnout at its Elevate conference in Sydney while showcasing customer wins from Tennis Australia, Ray White and Freedom Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

UAE’s e& enterprise drives growth with AI and sovereign cloud

Acting chief revenue officer Majd Coussa outlines how the digital transformation company is turning innovation into measurable business outcomes for 2025 Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Telstra announces Australia’s first release of Camara API

Telco extends presence in API arena with two products designed to give businesses practical tools to improve customer experience, while laying the foundation for models of innovation and collaboration Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Chief data officers hire for tech innovation

Once an organisation’s data maturity is sorted, CDOs need to show how strong data management can power tech initiatives Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

MWC25 Doha debut marks a new chapter for MENA mobile innovation

GSMA’s Jawad Jalal Abbassi outlines how Qatar’s first Mobile World Congress will accelerate digital transformation, 5G adoption and AI integration across the region Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Scotland digital strategy promises government app in 2026

Joint local and central government digital strategy includes plans for a personalised public services app, ethical AI framework and increased public sector data sharing Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

IBM and Cisco light up quantum networking collaboration

Firms collaborate to design a connected network of large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computers, laying the groundwork for a quantum computing internet Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

UK digital bank Revolut sees value jump £23bn in a year

UK-headquartered fintech firm sees its valuation increase dramatically with its latest share sale Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Google wins multimillion-pound contract to supply sovereign cloud services to Nato

Google follows up recent Ministry of Defence sovereign cloud contract win with Nato deal Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Government launches GDS Local

Councils will get support from a dedicated unit to transform local digital services, alongside an online platform for public sector digital and data professionals Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

UK connected tech upgrades could spur productivity boost

Report from UK’s leading comms provider finds investment in UK’s connected technology could offset the days lost due to employee sick leave every year by 2030 Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

Interview: Ian Ruffle, head of data and insight, RAC

Real-time data insights and artificial intelligence are central to supporting the RAC’s motoring services and to getting drivers back on the road as quickly as possible Continue Reading

November 24, 2025 24Nov2025 News

6G networks predicted to need 3x spectrum to meet surging data demands

Report from global mobile trade association finds next-generation wireless infrastructures will require up to three times more mid-band spectrum to keep pace with surging data demands, AI-powered services and digital apps Continue Reading

November 22, 2025 22Nov2025 Blog Post

Self-service tools - Snyk: The unbearable weight of full-stack ownership

This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network, written by Randall Degges, head of developer relations & community, Snyk. Degges writes in full as follows... Let’s be honest: ... Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 Blog Post

NTT brings Large Action Model to “market”

NTT, Inc. used its recent NTT R&D Forum in Tokyo to detail a new AI technology called the Large Action Model (LAM). What is a LAM? The is an AI model that predicts customers' intent based on ... Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 News

Dutch voters grasp digital urgency better than their politicians

A grassroots campaign has propelled digitally competent candidates into the Dutch parliament, despite party leaders placing them low on electoral lists Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 Opinion

Protecting the defenders: Addressing cyber's burnout crisis

The Computer Weekly Security Think Tank considers the burdens and responsibilities that accompany the role of chief information security officer, and share guidance on how to navigate a challenging career path. Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 News

Meta announces completion of core 2Africa cable

IT behemoth reveals final phase of subsea cable connecting Africa and the world Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 News

First fibre laid under Project Reach UK digital backbone

High-count fibre laid along Great Western Main Line in four weeks, marking the first milestone in strengthening the UK’s connectivity infrastructure Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 News

UK digital ID scheme cash will come from existing funds

UK Parliamentary committee hearing reveals there will be no permanent government chief digital officer going forward, and digital ID scheme will be funded by existing budgets Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 News

Subpostmaster was told no jury would believe Post Office had ‘dodgy computer’

Academic research says the wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters casts doubt on ‘golden thread’ of British justice, that people are innocent until proven guilty Continue Reading

November 21, 2025 21Nov2025 Blog Post

Digital service uptime must be top of the boardroom agenda

The tech sector often speaks about IT as a fourth utility alongside gas, electricity and water. But these are highly regulated industries. Some tech firms that provide systems to customers in ... Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 Blog Post

Nightfall heralds dawn of first AI-powered file classifiers

Spookily-named AI-native data loss prevention platform company Nightfall has now detailed the shape of its new ‘AI File Classifier Detectors’, a software service deisgned to use large language ... Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Russian money launderers bought a bank to disguise ransomware profit

A billion-dollar money laundering network active in the UK funnelled money, including the profits of ransomware attacks, into its own bank to circumvent sanctions on Russia and help fund its attacks on Ukraine Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

UK government outlines next wave of AI investment plans

The UK government continues to build on the release of its AI Opportunities Action Plan, with the announcement of another AI Growth Zone plus investment opportunities for the nation's startup community Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

UK targets ‘bulletproof’ services that hosted ransomware gangs

The UK’s NCA and partners have cracked down on ‘bulletproof’ services that hosted cyber criminal infrastructure Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

5G Standalone growth spurs differentiated connectivity services

Mobility Report shows 33 CSPs currently offer differentiated connectivity services based on network slicing, with a combined total of 65 offerings with around 1.4 billion people expected to be served by FWA broadband by the end of 2031 Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 E-Zine

CW APAC – Trend Watch: Hybrid cloud infrastructure

Firms are optimising their work with systems tailored to their needs. In this handbook, focused on hybrid cloud infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region, Computer Weekly looks at how Google is bringing its AI to Singapore, what’s influencing cloud ... Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Nvidia prepares for exponential growth in AI inference

The company, famous for its datacentre AI acceleration, is focused on delivering better performance per watt to fuel the AI boom Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Swedish welfare authorities suspend ‘discriminatory’ AI model

A machine learning model used by Sweden’s social security agency to flag benefit fraud has been discontinued following investigations by media outlets and the country’s data protection watchdog Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

VMO2 upgrades 4G, 5G coverage on UK motorways, A-roads

Leading UK operator announces mobile coverage upgrades on more than 40 main highways to provide the connectivity it says is critical for future electric vehicle infrastructure and adoption Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Fujitsu milks £110m from HMRC in six months with hardly a public stir

IT giant Fujitsu pockets £110m from deals with HMRC in six months since the end of March this year Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

AWS claims cloud-provider first with DWDM transponder

IT and cloud giant reveals in-house development project for dense wavelength division multiplexing transponder system showing significant bandwidth gains, and reduced failure rates and power consumption Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Orange claims Euro first with satellite direct-to-device SMS service

Telco’s customers in France, England and 35 other countries will be able to use core mobile network to send messages even if they have no mobile or Wi-Fi coverage using direct-to-device satellite technology Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Finland uses tax reform to attract foreign tech investment

Finland is attempting to attract more foreign technology investment through lower corporate tax Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Qualcomm and Humain launch AI engineering centre in Riyadh

Saudi Arabia strengthens its artificial intelligence ambitions under Vision 2030 with a new Qualcomm-powered datacentre hub, as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman highlights tech innovation during his US visit Continue Reading

November 20, 2025 20Nov2025 News

Firstsource ditches labour arbitrage for AI-driven outcomes

The business process services firm argues that the days of simple labour arbitrage are gone as it pushes an ‘un-BPO’ strategy led by AI and automation Continue Reading